Meditation: Classical Melodies for a Peaceful Mind

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Slavonic Dances in E minor, op. 72 no. 2
Antonín Dvořák 6:22
2 Gymnopédie no. 2
Erik Satie 3:14
3 Stabat Mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 3:50
4 Clair de lune
Claude Debussy 4:24
5 Violin Sonate no. 3: Adagio
Johannes Brahms 4:45
6 Piano Concerto: Adagio
Edvard Grieg 6:15
7 Berceuse
Fryderyk Chopin 5:00
8 Cello Concerto: Adagio
Antonín Dvořák 10:36
9 Fantasiestücke op. 12: Des Abends
Robert Schumann 3:24
10 Symphony no. 2: Adagio ma non troppo
Johannes Brahms 9:52
11 L’Artésienne Suite: Adagietto
Georges Bizet 5:42
12 Parsifal: Prelude
Richard Wagner 14:33
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Après un rêve
Gabriel Fauré 3:14
2 Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
Fryderyk Chopin 5:21
3 Goyescas: Intermezzo
Enrique Granados 4:09
4 Piano Concerto no. 2: Andante
Johannes Brahms 12:07
5 Venetian Gondola Song
Felix Mendelssohn 3:00
6 Scheherazade: The Young Prince and Princess
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков 10:18
7 Träumerei (Dreaming)
Robert Schumann 3:11
8 The Enchanted Lake
Анатолий Константинович Лядов 6:33
9 Piano Concerto no. 1: Andante
Felix Mendelssohn 5:40
10 Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056: II. Andante
Johann Sebastian Bach 3:14
11 Requiem: In Paradisum
Gabriel Fauré 3:17

Credits

CD 1

cello:
Zara Nelsova (1974-05) (track 8)
piano:
Alwin Bär (track 7)
Misha Goldstein (track 9)
Seta Tanyel (track 6)
Håkon Austbø (1999-05-10 – 1999-07-01) (track 2)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (track 7)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (track 3)
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (– 1837-07) (track 9)
Edvard Grieg (1868) (track 6)
Georges Bizet (French romantic composer) (1872) (track 11)
Johannes Brahms (1877) (track 10)
Richard Wagner (1877-09 – 1882-01) (track 12)
Johannes Brahms (1886 – 1888) (track 5)
Antonín Dvořák (1886-11 – 1887-01-05) (track 1)
Erik Satie (French composer) (1888) (track 2)
Claude Debussy (1890 – 1905) (track 4)
Antonín Dvořák (1894-11-08 – 1895-02-09) (track 8)
conductor:
Enrique Bátiz (track 11)
John Farrer (track 1)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (track 6)
Walter Süsskind (1974-05) (track 8)
Jaap van Zweden (1999-04) (track 10)
dedicated to:
Elise Gavard (track 7)
engineer:
Jaap de Jong (track 10)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (track 6)
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (track 11)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (track 1)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (1974-05) (track 8)
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (1999-04) (track 10)
producer:
Stan Staal (producer) (track 10)
recording engineer:
Arts Music Recording (Recording studios, Rotterdam) (track 2)
Peter Arts (producer/engineer) (track 2)
Marnix Brongers (track 2)
premiered at:
[concert] (1887-01-06) (track 1)
recorded at:
Muziekcentrum van de Omroep (Hilversum) in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (1999-04) (track 10)
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 57) (track 7)
arrangements:
Clair de lune (for cello and piano) (track 4)
Deuxième Gymnopédie: Lent et triste (catch-all for arrangements) (track 2)
Motette, BWV 1083 "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden": Versus 1 (Sopran, Alt) "Tilge, Höchster meine Sünden" (track 3)
N° 5: The Film: Clair de Lune (track 4)
Prelude to “Parsifal” (for organ, Lemare) (track 12)
Slavonic Dance no. 2 in E minor (for violin and piano, Kreisler) (track 1)
Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso (catch all for arrangements) (track 1)
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (arr. Phyllis Schlomovitz for harp) (track 4)
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements) (track 4)
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (for cello and orchestra, arr. Palmer) (track 4)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune, pour violon et piano (Roelens arrangement) (track 4)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82a, pour orchestre : III. Clair de lune (Krips arrangement) (track 4)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune. Andante très expressif (arr. for SATB chorus) (track 4)
The Tears of Billie Blue (track 4)
Velvet Valves: V. Clair de lune (track 4)
later versions:
L'Arlésienne Suite no. 1: III. Adagietto (for piano, Bizet) (track 11)
Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo (for piano four hands, Brahms) (track 10)
orchestrations:
Clair de lune (orch. Mouton) (track 4)
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (orch. Caplet) (track 4)
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (orch. Stokowski) (track 4)
Deuxième Gymnopédie (orchestrated by Corp) (track 2)
Deuxième Gymnopédie (orch. Lenehan & Kennedy) (track 2)
Gymnopédies : II. Lent et triste (Satie: Gymnopédie No. 2 orch. Roland - Manuel) (track 2)
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (orch. A. Reed) (track 4)
part of:
Parsifal, WWV 111: I. Aufzug (track 12)
Fantasiestücke, op. 12 (track 9)
Stabat Mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo (track 3)
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104 (movement) (track 8)
Gymnopédies (track 2)
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 (track 6)
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur, op. 73 (track 10)
Slawische Tänze, op. 72, B. 147 (for orchestra) (part of collection) (track 1)
Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 3 in D minor, op. 108 (movement) (track 5)
L'Arlésienne Suite no. 1, op. 23bis (for orchestra) (track 11)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82a (for piano) (track 4)
recording of:
Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57 (track 7)
Deuxième Gymnopédie: Lent et triste (track 2)
Fantasiestücke, op. 12: I. Des Abends (track 9)
L'Arlésienne Suite no. 1: III. Adagietto (for orchestra) (track 11)
Parsifal, WWV 111: I. Aufzug, Vorspiel (track 12)
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: II. Adagio (track 6)
Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso (for orchestra) (track 1)
Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: II. Adagio (track 5)
Stabat mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo: I. Duo: Stabat mater dolorosa (track 3)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82a : III. Clair de lune (for piano) (track 4)
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo (1974-05) (track 8)
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur, op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo (1999-04) (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Hooked on Romance (Opus 3) (track 2)

CD 2

violin:
Emmy Verhey (track 10)
piano:
Misha Goldstein (tracks 2, 5, 7)
Derek Han (track 9)
Karin Lechner (track 4)
arranger:
Gaspar Cassadó (track 3)
choir vocals:
Holland Boys Choir (track 11)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (track 10)
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (track 2)
Enrique Granados (track 3)
Felix Mendelssohn (track 9)
Felix Mendelssohn (1833 – 1834) (track 5)
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (1838) (track 7)
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (1877) (track 1)
Johannes Brahms (1878 – 1881) (track 4)
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (1886 – 1900) (track 11)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (composer) (1888) (track 6)
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Russian composer) (1909) (track 8)
conductor:
Stephen Gunzenhauser (track 9)
Pieter Jan Leusink (track 11)
Antonio Lucio (conductor) (track 10)
Eduardo Marturet (track 4)
Loris Tjeknavorian (track 6)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 1)
orchestra:
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (track 6)
Berliner Symphoniker (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990) (track 4)
Camerata Antonio Lucio (track 10)
התזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית (track 9)
translator:
Romain Bussine (track 1)
publisher:
Editions Durand (1947-) (track 11)
Choudens (1878) (track 1)
premiered at:
Société Nationale de Musique in Paris, Île-de-France, France (1879-01-11) (track 1)
recorded at:
Beurs van Berlage: Effectenbeurszaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (1992) (track 10)
part of:
Works of Anatoly Lyadov by opus number (number: op. 62) (track 8)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV U 110) (track 5)
arrangement of:
Goyescas, H.65: Cuadro I. Intermedio (for orchestra) (track 3)
arrangements:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for cello and piano, Casals) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (catch-all arrangement for cello and piano) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for cello and orchestra, Dubensky) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for cello and piano, arr. Katims) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for piano, Grainger) (track 1)
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for violin and piano, Casals) (track 1)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (for string quartet and piano, arr. Paul Cassidy) (track 7)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (for violin and piano, arr. Catherine) (track 7)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (catch-all for arrangements) (track 7)
Scheherazade, op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (for piano four hands) (track 6)
The Enchanted Lake (for piano duet, arr. Vasily Kalafati) (track 8)
Un rêve (track 1)
is the basis for:
Cactus Practice (track 2)
Nautical Twilight (track 5)
女王イリヤ (track 2)
orchestrations:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (orchestrated by R. Tilling) (track 7)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (orchestrated by Josef Strauss) (track 7)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (orchestrated by Herbeck) (track 7)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (track 2)
Trois mélodies, op. 7 (track 1)
Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 25 (track 9)
Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R (track 10)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 (movement) (track 4)
Scheherazade, op. 35 (track 6)
Lieder ohne Worte, op. 30 (track 5)
Kinderszenen, op. 15 (track 7)
Requiem, op. 48 (track 11)
recording of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (track 1)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83: III. Andante – Più adagio (track 4)
Goyescas: Intermezzo (for cello and piano, Cassadó) (track 3)
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (for piano) (track 7)
Lied ohne Worte fis-Moll, op. 30 Nr. 6 (track 5)
Nocturne no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 9 no. 1: Larghetto (track 2)
Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 25: II. Andante (track 9)
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (track 11)
Scheherazade, op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (track 6)
The Enchanted Lake, op. 62 (track 8)
Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R: II. Largo (1992) (track 10)